Who uses the most groundwater — and who would be first in line for the Gulf.

These are not the villains. They are the customers. Every county and utility on this list is a place where delivered water replaces pumping and the ground under it gets to rest.

See the ground under any row on the map: Your water. County source: TWDB Historical Water Use Estimates · Entity source: TWDB Historical Water Loss Audit · Wells: Water Data for Texas recorders (WS12).

Top 10 municipal counties

Ranked by Municipal category AF/yr. County aggregate — not a named utility. Each row links to the map.

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Top 10 entities (groundwater from Water Loss Audit)

Ranked by TWDB Historical Water Loss Audit: system input × groundwater share (gallons → AF/yr).

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The ten wells that have fallen the most

State monitoring wells with the largest documented water-level drops in the TAP evidence set — not a depth ranking. Every number is from Water Data for Texas / WS12.

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